Chapter 66
Nicolas POV
The phone in my pocket buzzed relentlessly, the third time in the last ten minutes. I didn't need to check to know who it was-my father's secretary. My summons was clear, and I had already delayed long enough.
"Return to the Royal Pack house. Immediately."
I clenched his jaw as I shoved the phone back into my pocket, my fists curling. I knew I had gone too far this time. The scandal of the leaked photos hadn't yet died down, and my father's patience was hanging by a thread. To vanish from the city, to defy the unspoken command to lay low-it was more than recklessness. It was rebellion.
And yet... how could I leave Flora?
The memory of the previous night pressed against my chest like a weight. Her face-flushed, trembling, eyes shimmering with pain she tried to h
